Swank Capital and Cushing® Asset Management Announce Rebalancing of the Cushing® MLP High Income Index

DALLAS, Oct. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Swank Capital, LLC and Cushing® Asset Management, LP announce today the upcoming rebalancing of The Cushing® MLP High Income Index (the "Index") as part of normal index operations. After the markets close on October 12, 2018, the 30 constituents of the Index will be rebalanced, and the following changes will become effective on October 15, 2018.

Cushing® MLP High Income Index constituents, effective October 15, 2018:

Company Name

Ticker

Tier

Index Weight

Prior Tier

Golar LNG Partners LP

GMLP

1

5.0%

1

Buckeye Partners, L.P.

BPL

1

5.0%

1

NGL Energy Partners LP

NGL

1

5.0%

1

USA Compression Partners, LP

USAC

1

5.0%

1

Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.

EEP

1

5.0%

1

Sunoco LP

SUN

1

5.0%

1

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.

ARLP

1

5.0%

1

Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.

ETP

1

5.0%

1

SemGroup Corporation

SEMG

1

5.0%

New

Andeavor Logistics LP

ANDX

1

5.0%

1

Hi-Crush Partners LP

HCLP

2

3.5%

2

Summit Midstream Partners, LP

SMLP

2

3.5%

2

AmeriGas Partners, L.P.

APU

2

3.5%

2

Western Gas Partners, L.P.

WES

2

3.5%

2

GasLog Partners LP

GLOP

2

3.5%

3

Holly Energy Partners, L.P.

HEP

2

3.5%

3

EQT Midstream Partners, LP

EQM

2

3.5%

2

EnLink Midstream Partners, LP

ENLK

2

3.5%

1

Tallgrass Energy, LP

TGE

2

3.5%

3

Dominion Energy Midstream Partners, LP

DM

2

3.5%

2

Enable Midstream Partners, LP

ENBL

3

1.5%

2

DCP Midstream, LP

DCP

3

1.5%

2

Black Stone Minerals, L.P.

BSM

3

1.5%

3

Western Gas Equity Partners, LP

WGP

3

1.5%

3

MPLX LP

MPLX

3

1.5%

3

CNX Midstream Partners LP

CNXM

3

1.5%

3

Energy Transfer Equity, L.P.

ETE

3

1.5%

3

Shell Midstream Partners, L.P.

SHLX

3

1.5%

New

Crestwood Equity Partners LP

CEQP

3

1.5%

2

Targa Resources Corp.

TRGP

3

1.5%

New

Constituents removed, effective October 15, 2018:

Company Name

Ticker

Spectra Energy Partners, LP

SEP

Enterprise Products Partners, L.P.

EPD

Martin Midstream Partners L.P.

MMLP

ABOUT THE CUSHING® MLP HIGH INCOME INDEX

The Cushing® MLP High Income Index provides a benchmark that is designed to track the performance of 30 higher-yielding publicly traded midstream energy infrastructure companies, including master limited partnerships (MLPs) and non-MLP energy midstream corporations (each, a "Midstream Company" an collectively, "Midstream Companies"). Constituents are chosen according to a three-tiered proprietary weighting system developed by Cushing® Asset Management, LP. The Cushing® MLP High Income Index is calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices and reported on a real-time basis under the Bloomberg ticker "MLPY".

The Cushing® MLP High Income Index (the "Index") is the exclusive property of Swank Capital, LLC, and Cushing® Asset Management, LP, which have contracted with S&P Opco, LLC (a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC) ("S&P Dow Jones Indices") to maintain and calculate the Index. S&P® is a registered trademark of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC ("SPFS"); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC ("Dow Jones"); and these trademarks have been licensed to S&P Dow Jones Indices. "Calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices" and its related stylized mark(s) have been licensed for use by Cushing® Asset Management, LP. Neither S&P Dow Jones Indices, SPFS, Dow Jones S&P nor any of their affiliates sponsor and promote the Index and none shall be liable for any errors or omissions in calculating the Index.

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